On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:15:52 -0500 Jimmie Houchin <jlhouc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems to me that what they really need to develop the courage to do > is this. For the C++17 standard. Decide on what that smaller and cleaner > language should be. Make strong deprecations and warnings for use of > stuff outside of the smaller, cleaner C++, but still compile if that is > the users wish. Then create a C++20 (or so) standard and remove all of > that stuff. If you are C++ developer and you like and want all of that > stuff outside of the smaller, cleaner C++. Stick with C++17 and earlier. > > So they either need to change their philosophy of now language beneath > C++. Give up their desire of a smaller, cleaner C++. Or just give in to > being the beast they have and are creating. They need to go under the knife. > > If at some point they don't gain the courage, they with have an ever > increasing monster. And an ever increasing publishing industry based > around what not to do in C++. :) > They are already well down this road. Or you just start using Go. > This is what scared me in considering C++. I control my own code. I can > easily program in that self-defined C++ sweet spot. But I am required to > use other people's libraries. I may have to read other peoples code. I > then have to step out of my choices into theirs. Then I could have > undefined consequences or headaches. Yes, well said. Cheers FRIGN -- FRIGN <d...@frign.de>
